With the Super Bowl coming up, the editorial board and staff of I Must Run Everywhere (me), decided to do a post about the close relationship between football and running. To commemorate the big game I carried a football on my run today.The two sports have many interwoven aspects. Football branched off from running as a distinct sport over a hundred years ago, but because of their shared background, many phrases in football have their origins in running. This is easy to see in the below comparisons.

First and 10. / First in the 10K.

His pass try was short by several feet. / He passed several guys with big feet.

First and goal. / First is my goal.

He passed 45 times in the win. / She passed 45 runners to win.

He finished with a quarterback sack at the end. / She finished a quarter mile back of her friend.

I started at running back in the football game. / I started running back and my foot got lame.